I love letterpress. It's so satisfying to press the metal type into paper and then run my finger over the impression's texture and admire the lovely unevenness of the ink. Each print is a unique piece due to it's subtleties. It's really, really lovely. I can imagine a whole life where I spend everyday setting pretty type and doing short press runs. Well, for that matter I can imagine a life where I paint everyday too, which isn't much of a stretch since in my past life I spent year after year doing just that. Wah, I miss that. It's just a crying shame that it's so difficult to make a comfortable living making art. And I really know why people don't buy more art because I know how hard it is to just live and save enough for a good future, let alone feed your family and say go to the movies for a little escapism. It's tough to find balance in every regard...but I digress, this is really a posting about how fun it was to spend tonight locking up type, setting furniture and reglets, and doing lots of my own illogical (but works for me) measuring technique to center the paper within the tympan’s guides. I chose the type face styme in 18pt, and I wasn't that happy with it especially because the case was full of uneven "r"s. The two lined quote I chose was If I'd had more time — I'd have written a shorter letter.